Dale Centenary Book

Dale Community Primary School was 100 years old on November 25th, 2008. To celebrate the event, Living Derby were asked to lend their project management and creative know-how to help create a truly beautiful book with staff and children from the school. Full of stories, creative writing, photographs and interviews, "Dale - Reflections on 100 years of our school" is both an engaging read and visual feast. To order a copy please contact the school direct on 01332 760070 or fill in our order form online.

The Life Journeys Series

Migrations - Life Journeys was the first in the series and captured stories and images from the people in Normanton, Derby. 2000 books were printed and distribute throughout the city via libraries, schools, coffee shops etc.

 

Changes - Life Journeys followed on from Migrations, this time focusing on the people and places of Derwent in Derby. Stories and portraits, along with found images and writing from Derwent residents. 2000 books were published and distributed. We still have a number of copies available if you are interested. Get in touch via the Contact Us page.

 

Destinations - Life Journeys is the third in the series and this time focused on the Somalian Community of Derby. Giving a background to Somalian culture, along with portraits of families and people settling in Derby - this book is full of poetry and pictures.

 

Dale Centenary Book

Living Derby is working with Dale Community Primary School in Normanton to help them produce a book that celebrates it's one hundredth anniversary. By pulling out interesting stories from the school's archives, interviewing past pupils and gathering up photographs, we aim to produce a book that truly celebrates the changing life of the school. So far we've discovered that Mr. Goodhind was regularly late for school due to car trouble in the 1930's, there were frequent air raids meaning children had some lessons in Anderson shelters during WWII, and the school had a famed vegetable patch were trading in carrots and potaoes took place through the bars of the school fence!

The book will be launched in november and will mark the exact moment the school was opened 100 years ago. 

If you attended or taught at Dale Primary School and have some memories you would like to share, please get in touch by emailing us here at Living Derby - info@livingderby.com.

We'd love to hear from you!